A small introduction to me, Jen. I have named this blog Jenerally Speaking and The Truth According to Jen because I recognize that everyone has a different view of the world around them and that perspectives can change. I am in my 30's, I have an 11 year old son who is the light of my life, I have an amazing fiance who is extremely patient and loving, and a best friend who helps me to see reality even when I may not want to.
Politically I am relatively conservative, with a few libertarian leanings. I did not vote for Barack Obama, I did vote for George W. Bush. There are things about both of these presidents that I do not care for among their policies and presidencies. I believe in small government and the free market. I do not believe that abortion is right no matter the situation, I do believe that since Hashem (God) gave us free will, we ought to give each other free will as well. This shows my support of small government, or as little as possible. It is a necessity, government, however, a world where the government rules all and micromanages is not a world that I am ok with.
As far as religion goes, I don't know how I feel about organized religion. I believe in Yeshua (Jesus) as the Messiah, I believe that I need to live my life as closely to the way Yeshua lived His when He was on this Earth. This means that I do eat Biblically kosher, I do celebrate the Lord's feasts and festivals, I do not celebrate Christmas or Easter, I do celebrate Yeshua's birth as well as His death and resurrection. His birth I celebrate at Sukkot, or the Feast of Tabernacles, and His death and resurrection I celebrate and remember at Pesach, or Passover. I believe the Bible is the whole, inerrant, inspired Word of Hashem. I believe Yeshua was the Word become flesh to die for our sins and be resurrected as the firstfruits of what is to come. I also believe that I am not here on Earth to judge anyone for not believing the same way I do and, in fact, find it shameful that an awful lot of "christians" use their beliefs to do exactly that. I will never refer to myself as a christian, but as a Believer instead.
My son's name is Matthew, which means, "Gift of God". He is eleven. He is athletic and loves to read. He is in sixth grade and being homeschooled. He is applying and auditioning to get into a magnet school for his seventh grade year. He is incredibly talented (Yes, I am biased, I'm his mom! What do you expect?) and extremely smart. Sometimes a little TOO smart. He loves his grandparents and likes to play outside more than he does inside, which makes me happy. He also just happens to have been conceived during a rape. Yep, you read right. I was raped. Got pregnant. AND kept the baby. AND he is the best thing that ever happened to me!
My fiance's name is Mark and he is amazing. He is courting me. This means no one on one dates or any physical touch until the wedding day. Mark has shown me love when any other guys would have given up by now. I know he loves me no matter what. I love him no matter what also. He seems to think he has to impress me, but he already has by treating my Matthew as though he belonged to him and by treating me like a queen even though I am not "putting out". What a blessed woman I am to have him!
My best friend's name is not one I will be putting out there. I will, however, say that she makes me a better person. She pulls my back down to the ground (you know, reality) when I need it and builds me up when I need it. She laughs when I laugh and cries when I cry. I am sad when she is and happy when she is. She tells me what I need to hear when I need to hear it, whether I want to hear it or not. I am so thankful to have her in my life. She saved my life once and no one will ever know and she is ok with that.
This is me in a really short nutshell and should explain my worldview a little bit as I continue to blog about things that affect my life.
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